SomeoneElseM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.imagemessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up11.83Karrow-down147
arrow-up11.78Karrow-down1imageThe American civil war wasn’t about slavery.SomeoneElseM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square285fedilink
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoOk, point to where I said it was not about slavery I will wait sir. That is the norths perspective as written by contemporaries like uhh Lincoln who I quoted. Cool, it doesn’t make sense.
minus-squaremindbleach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoIdiot on Facebook: “The sun goes around the Earth!” You: “Well he’s not entirely wrong, because bodies orbit the centroid between blah blah blah–” One hundred people of varying politeness: “That’s not what he meant and you fucking know it.” You: “Well here’s a really smart guy talking about centroids–” Ten exasperated follow-ons: “That’s not what he meant, and you fucking know it.” You: “Point to where I agreed with anything he said.” A few diehard troll-hunters: “Where you said ‘he’s not entirely wrong.’” You: “… yeah but what do words really mean, anyway?” Stop talking.
Ok, point to where I said it was not about slavery I will wait sir.
That is the norths perspective as written by contemporaries like uhh Lincoln who I quoted. Cool, it doesn’t make sense.
Idiot on Facebook: “The sun goes around the Earth!”
You: “Well he’s not entirely wrong, because bodies orbit the centroid between blah blah blah–”
One hundred people of varying politeness: “That’s not what he meant and you fucking know it.”
You: “Well here’s a really smart guy talking about centroids–”
Ten exasperated follow-ons: “That’s not what he meant, and you fucking know it.”
You: “Point to where I agreed with anything he said.”
A few diehard troll-hunters: “Where you said ‘he’s not entirely wrong.’”
You: “… yeah but what do words really mean, anyway?”
Stop talking.